Marking-tag



(No Model.)

1. KOHNLE. MARKING TAG.

No. 457,783. Patented Aug. 18, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK KOHNLE, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

MARKING-TAG...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,783, dated August18, 1891.

Application filed August 9, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KOHNLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lVIarking-Tags, of whichthe following is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of tags which are designed to beattached to textile fabrics and other similar articles of merchandiseand to have written on them the cost and selling prices, numbers, andlike xnelnoranda relating to the article to which they are attached.

It'has for its object the production of a tag which may be quickly andsecurely attached to the fabric and whose attaching devices will behidden when the tag has been attached, leaving both faces of the tagunmutilated and free to be written upon, or, where the attaching devicesare not entirely hidden, yet to leave the surfaces of the tag as nearlyclear as may be to aiford the greatest room for the memoranda to bewritten upon it.

The novelty of my invention will be herein set forth, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inside perspective view ofmy improved tag open. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the samepartly closed with the fabric inserted between its flaps. Fig. 3 is acorresponding view showing the tag attached to the fabric. Fig. 4: is aninside perspective view of my tag with aslightly-modified form ofattaching devices. Fig. 5 is a corresponding view with still anotherchange in the attaching devices. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of my tagattached to a fabric.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts inall the figures.

My improved tag is preferably formed of a single strip A, of heavy paperor other suitable material, creased at its middle to form two flaps B Bof about equal length. The ends of these flaps are doubled over, asshown in Fig. 1, to re-enforce themand to secure the attaching devicesin place. Between the Serial No. 361,578. (No model.)

lapped-over portion 66 of the flap B and the.

body of the flap is inserted a flat piece of metal I), which is held inplace by the lap .a, the latter being pasted or otherwise fastened tothe body of the flap B. A portion of the flap a immediately over themetal plate I) is cut out, as at c, and the portion of the lap betweenthis cut-out'portion and the end of the tag at (Z is not pasted down,but is left free for a pin on the opposite end of the tag to passbetween it and the plate I). The pin 6 is secured to the opposite end ofthe tag in any suitable manner, in Fig. l by having a flat right angularportion of it confined between the lap at and the body of the flap B,the two being pasted together, as in the case of the lap a and flap B.

In attaching the tag to a fabric the latter is inserted between theflaps B B and pressed down over the pin (2. When the ends of the tag arethen brought together, as shown in Fig. 2, the point of the pin willstrike the metal plate b, and upon firmly squeezing the ends of the tagtogether the pin will be bent over by the metal plate and its point willpass under the portion d of the lap at and be confined between the lapand the plate, as shown in Fig. 3. In this manner the tag can be veryquickly attached to the fabric, all that is necessary being to place theedge of the fabric betweenthe ends of the tag and squeeze the lattertogether. The tagis securely fastened to the fabric, and the attachingdevices are entirely hidden, so that both sides of the tag are leftclear to be written upon. This enables smaller tags to be employed thanwould be necessary if a portion of the marking-surface of the tag weretaken up by the attaching devices, as is usual.

iVhile the above is my preferred construction and most completelyembodies the advantages of my invention, yet I do not wish to be limitedto such precise construction, for my invention contemplates, broadly,atag having the two flaps, one of which is provided at its end with theattaching-pin and the other of which is provided on its inner side witha corresponding receptacle which receives and confines the pin whenthetwo ends of the tag are pressed together, as described. 100' 'middleto form a receptacle for the pin e.

As the metal plate is not employed in this construction, more care hasto be exercised in attaching the tag to the fabric to prevent the pinpassing directly through the flap B when the ends of the tag are pressedtogether instead of being bent to enter the opening between the lap atand the flap B at f. By

- bending the ends of the tag slightly outward from the fabric just asthey are pressed together the pin will be directed into the opening andbent down as desired.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a staple g clinched in the end of the flap B asthe receptacle for the pin e, the tag being attached to the fabric inthe same manner as the one shown in Fig. 4. In this tag the ends of thestaple appear on one side of the tag when the latter is fastened on thefabric, so that both sides of the tag are not left entirely clear, as Iprefer.

Even when the metal plate 1) is employed, as in Fig. 1, the exact shapeand relative lo cation of it may be varied. The cut-out portion 0 of thelap a might be dispensed with if the lap were made shorter and the metalplate projected some distance from beneath its edge; or the metal platemight be secured to the flap B otherwise than by the lap a and anysuitable receptacle for the pin be provided.

I have before stated that the pin 6 may be se cured to the end of theflap Bin any suitable manner. As I have shown it secured between theflap and the lap a, it is entirely hidden when the tag is attached tothe fabric, so that the outside of this flap of the tag is left clear,even when a staple is used in the opposite flap, as in Fig. 5; but whereit is not objectionable to have the pin project through the end of thetag it maybe clinched in place through the end of the flap B and the lapa be dispensed with. If this were done in the tag shown in Figs. 1 and4, one side of the tag would still be left perfectly clear when attachedto the fabric and its opposite side would have merely the end of the pinprojecting through it. Where the laps a a or either of them areemployed, however, they may consist of separate pieces pasted to theflaps B B instead of being the bent-over ends of the latter, though theconstruction I have shown is preferable. Again, while it is decidedlypreferable that the body of the tag be formed of a single strip ofmaterial creased at its center, yet my invention in its broader scopemay not be evaded by forming the body of the tag of two separate piecessecured together at one end. The latter construction may even bedesirable when the tag is made of heavy cardboard, in which case theflaps may be flexibly secured together at one end by a strip of muslinor like material.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to provide a marking-tagcomposed of two flaps with an attaching-pin by which it might befastened to the fabric and the pin hidden from view, leaving both sidesof the tag unmutilated; but in the tags of this description with which Iam familiar the pin simply hooks the tag to the fabric and one end ofthe tag is left entirely free, so that the tag is insecurely fasten edto the fabric. In my improved tag both ends are securely fastened to thefabric, so that there is no danger of the tag becoming accidentallydetached.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim v 1. Theherein-described marking-tag,composed of the two flaps B B, the latterprovided with the pin 9 and the former having a smooth exterior surfaceand provided inside of or beneath its inner surface with a receptacle inwhich the pin is confined and hidden when the ends of the tag arepressed together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The herein-described marking-tag, composed of the flaps B B, havingthe laps a a, the flap B having the pin 6 secured between it and its lapa and the flap B having a receptacle between it and its flap a, in whichthe pin 6 is confined when the ends of the tag are pressed together,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The herein-described marking-tag,composed of the flap B, providedwith a pin .8, and the flap B, having inside of its inner face areceptacle for said pin and having also on its inner face a metal plateI) for bending said pin and directing it into said receptacle when theends of the tag are pressed together, substantially as set forth.

4. The herein-described marking-tag, composed of the flaps B B, thelatter provided with the pin e and the former with the lap at and themetal plate I), said plate being located in the inner or under side ofsaid flap B and adapted to bend the pin e and direct it beneath the lapa when the ends of the tag are pressed together, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

5. The herein-described marking-tag, composed of the flaps B B, thelatter provided with the pin 6 and the former with the lap a, having thecut-out portion at c and the metal plate beneath the latter, said platebeing located on the inner or under side of said flap B and adapted tobend the pin e and direct it beneath thelap a when the ends of the tagare pressed together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The herein-described marking-tag, composed of the flaps B B, forinedof a single are pressed together, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

FREDERICK KOHNLE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD REOTOR, J. THOMSON CRoss.

